Admission Requirements

Applicants for admission to the program must meet the following requirements:

Undergraduate Degree

Applicants must hold a degree from a regionally accredited undergraduate institution
in the United States or from a recognized institution in a foreign country, but MBA
students come from a myriad of backgrounds. They hold undergraduate degrees from a
variety of areas, such as business, psychology, communications, medicine, education,
engineering, arts, or architecture. Students work in fields as varied as sales, education,
military, manufacturing, healthcare, marketing, technology, the arts, banking, or
professional sports.

Strong candidates earned at least a 3.0 GPA in their last 60 undergraduate credit
hours. In our most recent MBA classes, the average undergraduate GPA was 3.3.

GRE or GMAT Test Scores

To request consideration for a GMAT/GRE waiver, students must meet one of two options
and upload the appropriate form to their application:

Work ExperienceApplicants must have extensive work experience in a career with upward mobility and
a minimum of five years of managerial experience. This significant managerial experience
includes, but is not limited to, hiring/firing,significant budgetary authority, decision
making authority and should be combined with additional positive academic credentials.
PLEASE NOTE: Waiver forms will only be considered if the Online MBA application is
complete. If you meet this criteria, please upload this form to your application.

GPAApplicants who have earned a bachelor's degree from USF Tampa and have a cumulative
GPA of 3.5 or higher as indicated on the USF transcript (no rounding), can submit
a GMAT waiver request. If you meet this criteria, please upload this form to your application.

Language Ability

International applicants whose native language is not English or who have not earned
a degree in the United States must meet minimum TOEFL scores of 550 for the paper
version, 213 for the computer-based or 79 for the Internet-based. Applicants must
also score at least a 25 on the verbal section of the GMAT. View more information about english proficiency.

International Students

This online program cannot be used to obtain an I-20 student visa. However, if you
are an international student interested in participating in this online program from
your country of residence, you are welcome to apply.